Despite opposition from the Liberal Party, South Australia is to get a Small Business Commissioner as announced last week.
This tremendous achievement is in part due to the work of some newsagents and Professor Frank Zumbo among others.
I know from the eight years of work by the Small Business Commissioner’s office in Victoria that this new body in SA will give newsagents a good forum for use in revolving disputes with suppliers and landlords.
Those who fought for a SBC is SA have done a good thing not only for all small businesses but specifically for newsagents. Given the newsagent support and push for the SBC, the channel can be proud of the achievement in parliament.
Shame on the Liberal Party for not supporting this from the outset. There is only so much you can oppose for the sake of opposing before voters see that you put yourselves ahead of voters.